diff --git a/tests/test_html_merge.py b/tests/test_html_merge.py
index d97ab83..acebfef 100644
--- a/tests/test_html_merge.py
+++ b/tests/test_html_merge.py
@@ -16,27 +16,32 @@ def session_tmp_path(tmp_path_factory: pytest.TempPathFactory) -> Path:
     return tmp_path_factory.mktemp("html_test")
 
 
-def test_merge_html(session_tmp_path: Path):
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def html_file(session_tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
     """combines all generated pytest html reports into one"""
 
     in_dir_path = Path(__file__).parent / "assets" / "html_merge"
     in_dir_path = in_dir_path.resolve()
     ic(in_dir_path)
 
-    out_file_path = session_tmp_path / "test.html"
-    out_assets_dir = session_tmp_path / "assets"
+    html_file = session_tmp_path / "test.html"
 
-    merge_html_reports(in_dir_path.as_posix(), out_file_path.as_posix(), "combined.html")
+    merge_html_reports(in_dir_path.as_posix(), html_file.as_posix(), "combined.html")
+    return html_file
 
-    assert out_file_path.is_file()
-    assert out_assets_dir.is_dir()
-    assert next(out_assets_dir.glob("*"))
+
+def test_merge_html(html_file: Path):
+    assert html_file.is_file()
+    assert html_file.parent.is_dir()
+    assert next(html_file.parent.glob("*"))
 
 
 @pytest.mark.slow
-def test_check_result_with_playwright(session_tmp_path, context: BrowserContext):
-    html_file = session_tmp_path / "test.html"
+def test_check_result_with_playwright(html_file: Path, context: BrowserContext):
+    assert html_file.is_file()
+
     file_url = BaseUrl(netloc=html_file.as_posix(), scheme="file").get()
+
     page = context.new_page()
     page.goto(file_url)